Project Manager – Impact (ECMC)
£37,000 - £42,000 plus benefits
Reports to: Network Engagement & Impact Lead (ECMC)
Directorate: Research & Innovation
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time 35 hours per week
Location: Stratford, London Office-based with high flexibility (1-2 days per week in the office)
Closing date: Sunday 19th July 23:55pm
Interview process: one stage competency based interview via MS Teams
Interview date: approximately w/c 27th July
Visa sponsorship: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship.
At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.
We’re looking for a detail-oriented and collaborative Project Manager to support the delivery of impact, evaluation and reporting activity across the ECMC network. This role plays a key part in ensuring that programme outputs, outcomes and insights are effectively captured, analysed and communicated to demonstrate value and inform strategic decision-making.
The ECMC Network – jointly funded by CRUK, the NIHR, health departments of the devolved nations, and the Little Princess Trust is a UK wide network of centres that conduct early phase trials and associated translational research. The Programme Office is housed by CRUK and supports the network in a variety of ways. You can learn more about the network and the Programme Office here . The network is made up of 17 adult centres and 12 paediatric locations across the UK. Each ECMC has unique and world leading expertise within early phase clinical research. Collaboration across the ECMC network gives us the edge in generating new treatments for cancer.
You will contribute to the development and implementation of evaluation approaches, helping to ensure consistency in how impact is measured across programmes. Alongside this, you’ll produce clear and timely reporting, turning data into meaningful insights that can be understood by a range of audiences. You’ll also support the creation of engaging communication materials that showcase impact and increase visibility of ECMC activity.
Working closely with internal teams and external stakeholders, you’ll help coordinate projects, maintain delivery plans, and monitor progress against key milestones. This is a varied role offering the opportunity to contribute to high-impact work across a collaborative and purpose-driven network.
What will you be doing?
- Support the implementation of evaluation approaches across ECMC activities to enable consistent measurement of outputs, outcomes and impact
- Delivery reporting processes and outputs to ensure more timely, accurate and accessible insight on ECMC programme activity
- Analyse and interpret data to produce clear summaries and materials that communicate impact to a range of audiences
- Support the development of communication outputs using impact evidence to increase the visibility and understanding of ECMC activity
- Develop and maintain project plans and tracking tools to ensure delivery of agreed workstreams to time and quality
- Monitor progress and identify risks to enable timely escalation and resolution
- Build and maintain effective working relationships with internal colleagues and external stakeholders to support delivery of projects and activities
- Support the coordination and delivery of meetings, events and engagement activities to facilitate collaboration across the network
What are we looking for?
- Experience of supporting data collection, reporting or evaluation activities to track delivery against objectives
- Experience of using project management tools, processes or methodologies
- Experience of working with internal and external stakeholders to support delivery of projects or workstreams
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present information clearly and concisely
- Experience of analysing and interpreting data to produce summaries or insights for different audiences
- Good organisational and planning skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
- Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships
- Relevant experience contributing to reports, publications or outputs involving health, research or scientific content
- Proactive and flexible approach, with the ability to identify issues and contribute to solutions
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience in a relevant field
Our organisation values are designed to guide all that we do.
Bold: Act with ambition, courage and determination
Credible: Act with rigour and professionalism
Human : Act to have a positive impact on people
Together: Act inclusively and collaboratively
We’re looking for people who can believe in and embody these organisation values and can use them to drive forward progress against our mission to beat cancer.
If you’re interested in applying and excited about working with us but are unsure if you have the right skills and experience, we’d still love to hear from you.
What will I gain?
We create a working environment that supports your wellbeing and provide a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools. Our policies and processes enable you to improve your work-life balance, take positive steps in your career and achieve your personal wellbeing goals.
You can explore our benefits by visiting our careers web page .
How do I apply?
We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won’t be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you fairly and objectively.
For more information on this career opportunity please visit our website or contact us at [email protected] .
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Our vision is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong, benefits from and participates in, the work we do. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented.
We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process, interview process and whilst at work. We therefore ask you to inform us of any concerns you have or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen. Please contact [email protected] or 0 20 3469 8400 as soon as possible.
Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18, so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.
